Author Topic: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread  (Read 29551 times)

Offline Ludus

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #40 on: 10/05/2017 08:08 pm »

These names all tend to become ironic in the future. I expect there will be a time when the Dreamliner is right at the bottom of the scale of dreaminess.

It will be nice to have a name for the project but I look forward to it becoming just a number, like the 747.

In terms of names, I think rather than something that underlines it's massiveness (that will become ironic) the name should underline that it is the beginning of a new class.

Think a 100 years from now, looking back. What would you call this first real rocket ship, no longer the biggest or baddest?

Two names that people have suggested earlier:
"Millennium", could be a good name for the rocket that redefines spaceflight at the start of this millennium.
"Phoenix", with it's relationship to birth.

The name Falcon also was a nod to Starswars so Millennium makes sense and Phoenix could be a nod to Startrek.

I think a funny joke name would be the Penguin since the ship part kinda looks like one though a good non joke name while still staying in the bird theme maybe Hawk,or Eagle.

Millennium makes sense for the new series. It’s a follow up to Falcon from Star Wars. It would be nice if Disney/Lucas blessed it. Millennium is also a reference to the idea of making humanity spacefaring in the third millennium. It has a grand classic vibe. After Millenium it would be nice to start off a consistent naming system for models or iterations. Block 1.0.

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #41 on: 10/05/2017 08:10 pm »
I wonder if Musk will name them all after Culture worldships?
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #42 on: 10/05/2017 08:25 pm »
Then again he could name the big ITS ship "Pony"
So the 9 meter version would be ....

... My little pony.
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #43 on: 10/05/2017 09:09 pm »
I wonder if Musk will name them all after Culture worldships?
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #44 on: 10/05/2017 11:21 pm »
Why not give it a more functional name, that's representative of its capabilities?

MT-150 (Manned Transport, 150 tons)
CT-150  (Cargo Transport, 150 tons)
or something like that

Then that can later give way to the MT-500, CT-500, etc

Referring to things in that way then instantly gives you the relevant info you need (ie. how much does it carry)
« Last Edit: 10/05/2017 11:22 pm by sanman »

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #45 on: 10/06/2017 12:30 am »
Apparently it's Big Falcon Rocket for now ;)
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #46 on: 10/06/2017 12:53 am »
I think they should stick with what they've got. Call it Big Falcon Rocket, but keep BFR -

the "SpaceX BFR-150" affectionately known as the "Big Falcon" or "Falcon-150" The number is the notional tons to orbit, but any number to disambiguate from Falcon-1 and Falcon-9 (and -Heavy) will do.

F150 would be a fun poke in the eye for Ford, which opposed Model E for Tesla. Cars and rockets are a little different, so I think they'd get away with it from a trademark point of view*

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #47 on: 10/06/2017 12:54 am »
I wonder if Musk will name them all after Culture worldships?

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #48 on: 10/06/2017 01:24 am »
The first ship to Mars with colonists could be called the BFS Mayflower, or BFS Santa Maria, or BFS Conestoga or something like that. 

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #49 on: 10/06/2017 01:58 am »
Whatever happened to Musk's statement that the first ITS ship would be named the Heart of Gold?
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #50 on: 10/06/2017 02:00 am »
Whatever happened to Musk's statement that the first ITS ship would be named the Heart of Gold?

Wasn't it the first to carry crew?
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #51 on: 10/06/2017 02:53 am »
Whatever happened to Musk's statement that the first ITS ship would be named the Heart of Gold?

That's when ITS is so big there's no realistic way SpaceX can do it alone, so they sort of need a miracle, thus the name.

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #52 on: 10/06/2017 03:12 am »
Whatever happened to Musk's statement that the first ITS ship would be named the Heart of Gold?

That's when ITS is so big there's no realistic way SpaceX can do it alone, so they sort of need a miracle, thus the name.

Nah -- the Heart of Gold is a reference to a spaceship in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!  The one that Zaphod Beeblebrox steals at its christening ceremony.  The one with the infinite improbability drive.

The Heart of Gold was to be the first ITS to land people on Mars, I believe.  As Q said, the first manned ship in that if-nothing-goes-wrong timeframe that SpaceX is still quoting.  So -- I'd have to think that one of the first of the BFS's to be developed will be the HoG... :)
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #53 on: 10/06/2017 03:41 am »
Just for completeness, some one has to suggest "SpaceX Bird One" .. at least for the first cargo version.
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/8635/yolt-spectre-bird-one-model-kit-2013 :)

I think a funny joke name would be the Penguin since the ship part kinda looks like one though a good non joke name while still staying in the bird theme maybe Hawk,or Eagle.
There is definite penguinity. I can just imagine them waddling on those little legs.

How about "Emperor".. because they sort of look like emperor penguins.

I sort of like "Eagle".. because it harkens back to the beginning of the space race, and our first (and so far only) HSF vehicle that actually lands on another world. I don't think there is any grounds for confusion. A specific LEM named Eagle and a class of rocket named Eagle are very different.

« Last Edit: 10/06/2017 10:31 am by KelvinZero »

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #54 on: 10/06/2017 03:42 am »
Big Bird actually sounds like a great name. Paint it yellow Elon!

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #55 on: 10/06/2017 04:10 am »
:)
Maybe SX will sell the naming rights to the first BFS to the highest bidder.

Bezos could make the winning bid! ;D

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #56 on: 10/06/2017 04:26 am »
I think they should stick with what they've got. Call it Big Falcon Rocket, but keep BFR -

the "SpaceX BFR-150" affectionately known as the "Big Falcon" or "Falcon-150" The number is the notional tons to orbit, but any number to disambiguate from Falcon-1 and Falcon-9 (and -Heavy) will do.
After F1 and F(5)9, F31(42) would be the logical name. For the booster stage, at least. Why not Dragon 6 for the upper stage? We can keep BFR for the stack.

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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #57 on: 10/06/2017 03:42 pm »
Sticking with BFR now opens the door later for the 12 meter version being called BFieR
(beefier)
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #58 on: 10/06/2017 03:45 pm »
Big Bird actually sounds like a great name. Paint it yellow Elon!



And the NRO would love it (although the KH-9 is long gone).
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Re: BFR/BFS/ITS Naming speculation thread
« Reply #59 on: 10/06/2017 04:58 pm »
As I recall The Heart of Gold used the Infinite Improbability Drive thus continuing the self-deprecating humour evident in Of Course I Still Love You.
I wonder if Douglas Adams was inspired by Neil Young's search and perhaps Elon Musk thinks he is getting old as well.
I still don't see what is wrong with the Roald Dahl influenced Big Friendly Rocket. Eminently suitable for classrooms in my humble opinion.

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